IHP Group insists that the flu vaccine must cover all walks of life in its new campaign against this disease

The Andalusian pediatric organization calls for the vaccination of people of all ages and warns of the need for personal protection to prevent the spread of the respiratory virus to the people around them: “If you protect yourself, you will we all protect ourselves.”

In the commitment to raise awareness about global and generational vaccination, the campaign video shows the morphological evolution of two individuals of both sexes from young age to old age. In this way, we note, in a few seconds, what the physical evolution of these subjects would be like throughout their lives.

The campaign also emphasizes that the flu can paralyze your daily life because it causes, in the worst but most frequent form, symptoms that affect and affect a person’s quality of life for days , such as high fever, muscle pain, extreme fatigue, headache and general malaise, and usually lasts up to a week. The danger of this virus is that there is a greater risk by entering the respiratory tract that it could cause serious problems (pneumonia, otitis, laryngitis, etc.) in children and adults, continuing to hospitalization and even death.

Likewise, IHP Group recalls that it is necessary to pay special attention to risk groups: children from 6 months of age, pregnant women, the elderly, for whom this season’s vaccine is recommended again from 60 years of age instead of over 65, and, in addition, smokers, people with chronic illnesses and health professionals, not forgetting those who ‘ stay with these groups to help spread the disease and its pathological severity.

Likewise, an Andalusian pediatric group has confirmed that vaccination is recommended even for healthy children and teenagers, who are still at risk of serious complications and spreading the virus. By getting vaccinated, you can help reduce community spread, protecting yourself and the most vulnerable.

Flu vaccine every year and for every age

Dr. Ignacio Salamanca de la Cueva, coordinator of the Research Unit of the IHP Group, has said that the flu affects any age, and that it can seriously harm children and adults. Although he stressed that “children are the most affected by this disease and its complications. “The expert has described the vaccination of small children as “a key action so that they are protected, the main goal, and also to stop the spread of the virus, protecting the people around them.”

The Andalusian pediatric group maintains the recommendation to vaccinate all children and adolescents, from 6 months to 18 years, a medical indication supported in turn by the Spanish Association of Pediatrics.

Similarly, the expert explained that “the flu virus changes every year and to face this challenge the flu vaccine is updated every year with the strains that, which according to research, more likely distribution. “Getting the vaccine every year ensures that the immune system is prepared and trained to protect itself against the latest strains,” said Dr. Salamanca. In addition, immunity against the flu decreases over time, even if the person was vaccinated the year before and even if they were already infected during the season. Since protection is not permanent, it is necessary to vaccinate every season to maintain the best protection.

Intranasal vaccinations for children from two years of age

In this prevention campaign, Grupo IHP will continue to offer the intranasal vaccine indicated for children from 2 years of age to 18 years of age. This type of vaccination was established only in Andalusian pediatric center from the 2012-2013 campaign and is a safe, effective production. and an effective alternative for those young people who want to avoid punctures. As pioneers in this proposal, this year it is worth mentioning as a novelty that the intranasal vaccine is the one chosen by the Department of Health and Families of the Government of Andalusia to be given in this vaccination campaign for children between 24 and 59 months . age by introducing the school vaccination strategy.

Once again, Grupo IHP will meet the high demand for the flu vaccine for the entire population, by first receiving more than 5,000 doses (2,700 traditional vaccines and 2,000 intranasal vaccines) . The pediatric center hopes to repeat the success of vaccination in previous campaigns, when 100% of the doses available in its medical centers were given in less than three months.

The IHP Group’s vaccination campaign joins the vaccination awareness and promotion projects carried out by the IHP Foundation, an entity with more than three decades that also carries out international cooperation work in countries such as the Ivory Coast, where has since distributed about 700,000 vaccines. first held in 2005.

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